Resume Trickery Never Works

Lying by omission is "false advertising" and creates red flags.

There was a time when "white fonting," using white text to hide keywords in your resume, was suggested to circumvent an employer's ATS. Many still use this resume trickery, which is considered unethical by many, even though ATS systems can detect white-font text and disregard it, and recruiters can check for.

The latest resume trickery self-professed car…